Y4 Looking Back and Forth 28.1.22
Friday 28th January – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back: This week, the children ‘shone’, whilst we had the inspectors in reviewing the school. We could not be more proud of ‘Team Yr 4’! The children continued to explore the book Leaf and completed comprehensions as well as preposition work. In maths, we looked at factor pairs and the children clicked with this really well. In the afternoons, the children enjoyed their music session with Mrs Sant and their sound experiments. The children dyed wool, using methods that the Anglo-Saxons used. The rich aroma of red cabbage is pervading the classroom as we speak!
Building On
- Timestables work from Year 2, when exploring factor pairs.
- Comprehension skills that have been developed over time, whilst learning the skills of reading.
- History – looking at clothes and society, building on the work from last year when the class explored the Romans.
- Questions to ask at home
- What is a preposition?
- What natural materials did Anglo-Saxons use to create different colours?
- What is a factor?
- What is a factor pair?
- What is a product?
- Highlights of the week for the children
- Factor pairs work
- Factors
- The rat inspirational being of the week
- Anglo-Saxon dying clothes
- The Anglo-Saxons in general - we are really enjoying it!
- Timestables
- Changing the atmosphere in our writing in English
- TTRockstars!
Looking forward:
This week, we will be working planning and writing our own outsider narrative. In maths, we will begin looking at multiplying larger numbers together. In history, we will be looking at local place names. We will also be exploring Children’s rights. In R.E. we will be exploring the Jewish festival of Passover.
Homework in Year 4
Reading – daily at least 15 mins – remember to take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes
Rockstars – as much as possible 10 mins daily is ideal – at least once a week for 20 mins
Spellings – Mrs Riddell – Please learn them for the test on Wednesday. It is better to look at them for 5 minutes each day than try to learn them all in one night. The children remember them better learnt over the week.
Maths– sheet to be handed in on Thursday /Friday at the latest
English - prepositions sheet to be handed in on Thursday /Friday at the latest
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – for Friday All timestables - x3 x4 x8 x16 – these will be muddled up this week.
(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the plastic wallets are)
Letters and Reminders
- Reading records to be in on Thursdays
- Homework to be given in by Friday
- PE on Friday this week
Reminders for this week – Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
Children can bring in hand sanitizers for their own personal use.
Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday
Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints
Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.